MOCK TEST ON POPULATION GEOGRAPHY JUNE, SEP & DEC 2013 PYQS NTA UGC NET

Q.1. The most dominant blood group among the Mongoloid races is (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(1) A

(2) B

(3) AB

(4) O

Q.2. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R): (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

Assertion (A): ‘Social indicator movement’ was quickly developed in 1960s in the United States of America (U.S.A.).

Reason (R): It grew in response to rise of a wide range of social problems in U.S. Society.

In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).

(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Q.3. Which one of the following sub races does not belong to the Caucasoid race? (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(1) Eskimo

(2) Celtic

(3) Nordic

(4) East Baltic

Q.4. To which of the following, ‘nomadism’ is the response of man? (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(A) Large resources spread over large areas

(B) Large resources localized in a small area.

(C) Limited resources spread over a large area.

(D) Limited resources concentrated in a small area.

Q.5. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R): (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

Assertion (A): There are wide variations in evolution of languages and species in the world.

Reason (R): Geographic isolation plays an important role in developing several forms of languages and species.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Q.6. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R): (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

Assertion (A): In spatio-temporal diffusion of the culture, the language plays a major role.

Reason (R): Geographers often use language as an identification mark for different cultures.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Q.7. Given below are two statements. One labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

Assertion (A): Biologically human races do not exist, yet races do exist as social constructs.

Reason (R): Racial hatred and prejudices are all too common in the world today, resulting from an irrational dislike of whatever is different.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Q.8. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R): (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

Assertion (A): India is a multi-religious and multi-ethnic society.

Reason (R): The Constitution of India offers to all citizens, individually and collectively, fundamental rights without discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Q.9. The statement that ‘A race is a valid biological concept _________ not a valid socio-cultural concept’ was made by (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(A) A.L. Kroeber

(B) J.B. Birdsell

(C) Vidal de la Blache

(D) A.C. Haddon

Q.10. Geography of public finance can simply be defined as ‘Who gets what, where, at what cost?’. Name the geographer who made this statement (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(A) R.J. Chorley

(B) Richard Peet

(C) Alaistar Bonnett

(D) R.J. Bennett

Q.11. Cephalic index, which is to classify human races, is calculated as (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(A) Ratio between the length and breadth of the nose.

(B) Ratio between the length of head and weight of human body.

(C) Ratio between flatness and length of the head.

(D) Ratio between breadth and length of the head.

Q.12. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET SEP 2013)

Assertion (A): The newly emerged industrial cities in India are numerically dominated by both male and female adult population.

Reason (R): Human migration is age and sex selective.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.

Q.13. International migration is no longer a factor in population distribution mainly because (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) People do not wish to migrate.

(B) People are afraid of racial prejudices.

(C) Nations have placed restrictions on migration.

(D) Employment opportunities are not bright.

Q.14. Match the following: (UGC NET SEP 2013)

List – I (Name of Scholar)

(a) Charles Darwin

(b) Wilbur Zelinsky

(c) Thomas Malthus

(d) George Ravenstein

List - II (Idea/Concept)

(I) Migration laws

(II) Population and resources

(III) Theory of evolution

(IV) Hypothesis of the mobility

Codes:

Q.15. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes: (UGC NET SEP 2013)

List – I  

(a) Ranchos

(b) Favelas

(c) Kavettits

(d) Bustee

List - II

(1) India

(2) Brazil

(3) Venezuela

(4) Myanmar

Codes:

Q.16. Which one of the following statements is not correct about migration? (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Migration varies inversely with the distance between source and destination.

(B) The majority of migrants move in order to improve their economic conditions.

(C) Governments create migration policies to attract the talents that they lack.

(D) Women tend to move longer distances than men.

Q.17. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the categories below: (UGC NET SEP 2013)

List – I 

(a) Post neonatal mortality age

(b) CMR age

(c) Neonatal mortality age

(d) IMR age

List - II

(i) Less than 28 days

(ii) Less than one year

(iii) 28 days – 364 days

(iv) Less than five years

Codes:

Q.18. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET SEP 2013)

Assertion (A): The distribution of population is highly uneven in the world.

Reason (R): The environmentalconditions favourable for human settlement differ fromplace to place.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) does not explain (A) correctly.

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Q.19. Match the List-I with List-II identifying the relation. Select the correct answer from the codes given: (UGC NET SEP 2013)

List – I 

(a) Austric Family

(b) Dravidian Family

(c) Sino-Tibetan Family

(d) Indo-Aryan Family

List - II

(1) Santhal

(2) Bodo Prakrit

(3) Karukh Oraon

(4) Bodo

Codes:

Q.20. Demographic transition is a framework that explores the historical sequence of changes in (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(1) Fertility and migration

(2) Mortality and age-structure

(3) Mortality and migration

(4) Age-structure and sex-composition

Codes:

(A) 1 and 4 are correct.

(B) 3 and 4 are correct.

(C) only 1 is correct.

(D) 1 and 2 are correct.

Q.21. To which racial groups the Eskimos belong to? (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(A) The Negroids

(B) The Mongoloids

(C) The Caucasoids

(D) The Australoids

NET DEC 2013)

(A) Iraq

(B) Iran

(C) Pakistan

(D) Afghanistan

Q.23. Migration from developed to less developed region is called as (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(1) Emigration

(2) Immigration

(3) Perverse migration

(4) Reverse migration

Q.24. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2013)

Assertion (A): Physical factors provide only a partial and deterministic explanation of geographical distribution of population.

Reason (R): Man is by no means passive in his choice of areas for settlement and everywhere demonstrates an ability to exercise some control over his environment.

Codes:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(3) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.

(4) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.

Q.25. Which one of the following stages of demographic transition model predicts a-high birth but a-low death rate? (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(1) First stage

(2) Second stage

(3) Third stage

(4) Late-second stage

Q.26. Which one of the following tribes does not correctly matched? (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(1) Batwa and Congo Basin

(2) Ruwala and Central Iran

(3) Inuit and Canada

(4) Yuklagir and Siberia

Q.27. Which one of the following States has recorded the lowest human development index? (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(1) Bihar

(2) Himachal Pradesh

(3) Punjab

(4) Haryana